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Hammer was originally due to film "I Am Legend" (the Richard Matheson novel) under the title "Night Creatures", but this was abandoned when the BBFC informed them that they would not pass the film. As Hammer had promised the U.S distributors a film called "Night Creatures" the title was passed on to the already completed Night Creatures (1962) instead.See more »

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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The tavern scenes feature a modern violin.See more »

One of Hammer's finest films yet unseen for years. It has not been
broadcast
on British television since 1981 when it was under its American title,
Night
Creatures. But it's a wonderful little movie. Peter Cushing is on fine
form
as is the ever-reliable Patrick Allen and Oliver Reed gives a nice
performance as an innocent young man (as if!) The irreplaceable Michael
Ripper gets a bigger role here than in most of his films and shines too
with
a nice line in sarcasm. The story is fun and the location filming is very
pleasant (actually Denham in Bucks and not Dymchurch at all!) but the
thing
that lifts this movie to classic status is the electrifying scenes of the
Marsh Phantoms, a brilliant realisation of real fear. Remarkably
considering
that the viewer is aware from the start that they are villagers dressed
up,
their appearance is incredibly convincing! The opening sequence of
scrolling scene setting and narration with a faint glimpse of a skeletal
figure on horseback weaving through the background is only a hint of the
awesome scenes that follow. After that the film settles down to good
historical adventure, lively and funny and only occasionally marred by
slapstick, as in the fight in the church. A neglected gem from a more
simplistic age.

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